Terminal Server Touch and feel

[Guest]

We are thinking to connect a remote office via terminal services to a Windows
Server2003 box via VPN. I have no experience with this so my first question
would be if the users would have a Windows XP-like experience or if there
would be some training required in getting used to the environment.

The second would be what client OS is recommended. My expectation would be
that the client starts up the machine gets to a logon screen and initiates
the terminal session without additional steps. I would hope that no full
blown XP would be required.

The third question would be that of citrix. I heard it brings great
improvements. Is this an addon software to the server or a separate way of
setting up the box?

Thanks

IT PHYTOSAN

 

[SB]

We are thinking to connect a remote office via terminal services to a
Windows
Server2003 box via VPN. I have no experience with this so my first
question
would be if the users would have a Windows XP-like experience or if there
would be some training required in getting used to the environment.

The second would be what client OS is recommended. My expectation would be
that the client starts up the machine gets to a logon screen and initiates
the terminal session without additional steps. I would hope that no full
blown XP would be required.

The third question would be that of citrix. I heard it brings great
improvements. Is this an addon software to the server or a separate way of
setting up the box?

Thanks

IT PHYTOSAN

All the elements of Windows XP are pressent except the flashy gui... Windows
XP in a Win2K GUI.
You can alter the GUI in that degree that for example the users see one icon
on their desktop and that's it!
Your posibilities ar countless....

No full blown XP is needed. Any old workstation that runs on a Windows that
supports the "Remote Desktop" application will do.
Hardware thin clients run on Windows XP embeded, Windows CE, Linux, ...

Citrix is a separate way of setting up the box and a more expensive one.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply. I am assuming that terminal clients would have the
"Luna" environment if configured on the server?

Which of the client OS options would you recommend?

Thanks

IT PHYTOSAN

 

[SB]

The Terminal Server clients I've seen running don't have the "luna" look.
Maybe it's possible.... I don't know.

I'm no expert at this, we're just starting to implement a thin client
network ourself.
I stil struggle with the question of the client OS myself....
If it's possible I would choose a linux box because the license is a lower
cost... but I don't know
the advantages of Windows CE/XP Emb. over Linux and the other way around.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your note. There are many references on the internet to install
the Luna Theme on a Windows Server 2003 environment, so I think this should
not be an issue. It seems that you are a step ahead of me in the game. I'd
much appreciate if you could post back with your conclusions and experiences.

Thanks

IT PHYTOSAN

 

[Guest]

You'd need to enable the themes service to get the XP Desktop, but this is
usually disabled, as it uses more resources and bandwidth than the classic
desktop. Client OS is best chosen by needs of the users, i.e. CE and linux
are fine for most uses, but if you require client-side software, you'd need
XPe or a PC. AN example of this would be if you needed to use a USB or SCSI
Scanner and a scanning program like Remote Scan.

http://www.sessioncomputing.com/thin-clients.htm

 

[Guest]

This is excactly what I was looking for. Thanks for all the help. The site is
very good.

IT PHYTOSAN